When can we use casino offers for 2025 cruises?

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

We have NEVER booked a cruise this far in advanced, so we have never had this issue. But we are wanting to book a 2025 Alaskan cruise and start planning, but our casino offers only currently go through the end of 2024 bookings. Does anyone have a rough idea on when they will be available for 2025?
 

Worse case, we figured we would just book and only pay the deposit, and try to move it to a casino deal later. But the main reason we would love to know more know if because we can get Suite's with the offers through 2024, and that would me amazing for Alaska! 

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, Gamecock_Cruiser said:

We have NEVER booked a cruise this far in advanced, so we have never had this issue. But we are wanting to book a 2025 Alaskan cruise and start planning, but our casino offers only currently go through the end of 2024 bookings. Does anyone have a rough idea on when they will be available for 2025?
 

Worse case, we figured we would just book and only pay the deposit, and try to move it to a casino deal later. But the main reason we would love to know more know if because we can get Suite's with the offers through 2024, and that would me amazing for Alaska! 

There is no guarantee you will get such offers nor that you would be able to cancel and rebooking without a penalty so better to book what you have.  

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

17 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said:

There is no guarantee you will get such offers nor that you would be able to cancel and rebooking without a penalty so better to book what you have.  

We cruise and we gamble... we get how offers work. We have just never booked this far in advanced to need to worry about our offers that far in the future... I am not one of those that dropped $100 in the casino to just try to get an offer...

 

And when offers do come out for 2025, I am 95% sure that we are better off losing the penalty and rebooking with our casino rates. It is just a matter of when it happens.

[Elaine5715]

35 minutes ago, Gamecock_Cruiser said:

We cruise and we gamble... we get how offers work. We have just never booked this far in advanced to need to worry about our offers that far in the future... I am not one of those that dropped $100 in the casino to just try to get an offer...

 

And when offers do come out for 2025, I am 95% sure that we are better off losing the penalty and rebooking with our casino rates. It is just a matter of when it happens.

Being cruises are selling, offers are tightening but it is expected next round of offers to drop Sept 1.  

[Old Fart Cruisers]

I show casino offers through June of 2025, for Hawaii and Australia, so they do go out that far but I don't have Alaska listed yet.  I assume those offers will be coming soon.

 

 

 

[dbrucern]

1 hour ago, Elaine5715 said:

There is no guarantee you will get such offers nor that you would be able to cancel and rebooking without a penalty so better to book what you have.  

We do this all the time pay a deposit such as we are using the Casino offer Hot Deal for a 2025 cruise. If a better offer comes along we always switch and there is not a penalty. 

[dbrucern]

3 hours ago, Gamecock_Cruiser said:

We have NEVER booked a cruise this far in advanced, so we have never had this issue. But we are wanting to book a 2025 Alaskan cruise and start planning, but our casino offers only currently go through the end of 2024 bookings. Does anyone have a rough idea on when they will be available for 2025?
 

Worse case, we figured we would just book and only pay the deposit, and try to move it to a casino deal later. But the main reason we would love to know more know if because we can get Suite's with the offers through 2024, and that would me amazing for Alaska! 

Yes, we do this all the time pay a deposit and switch if we get a better offer and have not paid a penalty or had any issues

[LaRue1975]

1 hour ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

I show casino offers through June of 2025, for Hawaii and Australia, so they do go out that far but I don't have Alaska listed yet.  I assume those offers will be coming soon.

 

 

 

That must be a Premier or Ultra offer. The specialty casino cruises do run through 2025 but all the other offers have to be used by December 2024. Also, if you book now for 2025 using an early saver code first you can change it to a casino offer or different casino offer later. My PVP does this for me frequently. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by LaRue1975

[dallasdan]

I think the current offers end August 30th.  So new offers should show up on August 31 or September 1.

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

57 minutes ago, LaRue1975 said:

That must be a Premier or Ultra offer. The specialty casino cruises do run through 2025 but all the other offers have to be used by December 2024. Also, if you book now for 2025 using an early saver code first you can change it to a casino offer or different casino offer later. My PVP does this for me frequently. 

Great, this is what I was curious to hear! I know that we will get offers, but it is a matter of when.

 

And we have several cabins booking and we are all trying to book together, etc, which is why we are booking so far out.

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, dbrucern said:

Yes, we do this all the time pay a deposit and switch if we get a better offer and have not paid a penalty or had any issues

Depending on your PVP and if you are ECHO status, cancellation fees are back.  

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, LaRue1975 said:

That must be a Premier or Ultra offer. The specialty casino cruises do run through 2025 but all the other offers have to be used by December 2024. Also, if you book now for 2025 using an early saver code first you can change it to a casino offer or different casino offer later. My PVP does this for me frequently. 

Not always true.  They are tightening up exceptions.

[Gamecock_Cruiser]

For those wondering, offers are starting to roll into 2025. But not for July yet for me. They stop at May of 2025. ugh. 

[80sGal]

I have a casino offer for Alaska that goes fully through the 2025 season. I think it's been there less than 2 weeks.